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==Etymology==
New [[Latin]], from [[Greek]] nostos return [[home]] + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] genesan to survive, [[Sanskrit]] nasate he approaches
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1729]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[state]] of being homesick : homesickness
*2 : a wistful or excessively [[sentimental]] yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also : something that evokes nostalgia
==Description==
The term '''nostalgia''' describes a yearning for the past, often in [[ideal]]ized form.[1] The [[word]] is a learned formation of a [[Greek]] compound, consisting of νόστος, nóstos, "returning [[home]]", a Homeric word, and ἄλγος, álgos, "[[pain]]" or "ache". It was described as a medical condition, a form of [[melancholy]], in the Early Modern period, and came to be an important topic in [[Romanticism]].[1]
In common, less clinical usage, nostalgia sometimes includes a general interest in past eras and their personalities and events, especially the "good old days" of a few generations back recast in an idyllic [[light]], such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_%C3%89poque Belle Époque], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_England Merry England], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Victorian Neo-Victorian] [[aesthetics]], the US [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antebellum "Antebellum"] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_South Old South], etc. Sometimes it is brought on by a sudden image, or [[Memory|remembrance]] of something from one's [[childhood]].
[[Category: Psychology]]
[[Category: History]]
==Etymology==
New [[Latin]], from [[Greek]] nostos return [[home]] + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] genesan to survive, [[Sanskrit]] nasate he approaches
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Century 1729]
==Definitions==
*1 : the [[state]] of being homesick : homesickness
*2 : a wistful or excessively [[sentimental]] yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also : something that evokes nostalgia
==Description==
The term '''nostalgia''' describes a yearning for the past, often in [[ideal]]ized form.[1] The [[word]] is a learned formation of a [[Greek]] compound, consisting of νόστος, nóstos, "returning [[home]]", a Homeric word, and ἄλγος, álgos, "[[pain]]" or "ache". It was described as a medical condition, a form of [[melancholy]], in the Early Modern period, and came to be an important topic in [[Romanticism]].[1]
In common, less clinical usage, nostalgia sometimes includes a general interest in past eras and their personalities and events, especially the "good old days" of a few generations back recast in an idyllic [[light]], such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_%C3%89poque Belle Époque], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_England Merry England], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Victorian Neo-Victorian] [[aesthetics]], the US [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antebellum "Antebellum"] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_South Old South], etc. Sometimes it is brought on by a sudden image, or [[Memory|remembrance]] of something from one's [[childhood]].
[[Category: Psychology]]
[[Category: History]]
